| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 314 pages) : photos. |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1058-1316". |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Khandi Alexander -- Dusty Baker -- Lindsay Barrett -- James Blake -- Terence Blanchard -- Bobby Bonds -- Derrick Brooks -- Janice Rogers Brown -- Octavia Bulter -- Mary Schmidt Campbell -- Victoria A. Cargill -- Tamika Catchings -- Syl Cheney-Coker -- Johnnetta B. Cole -- Sean "Puffy" Combs -- Peggy Cooper Cafritz -- Jayne Cortez -- Kia Corthron -- Benjamin O. Davis Jr. -- Jose Eduardo dos Santos -- Sharon Mills Draper -- Esther Gordy Edwards -- Deadria Farmer-Paellmann -- A. Oveta Fuller -- Laurent Gbagbo -- Althea Gibson -- Mike Grier -- Bessie Blout Griffin -- Gar Anthony Haywood -- Torii Hunter -- Thomas "T.D." Jakes. -- Edward P. Jones -- John P. Kee -- Rev Dr. Samuel Kobia -- Oni Faida Lampley -- Alfred Liggins III. -- Wangari Maathai -- Felicia Mabuza-Suttle -- Darnell Martin -- Curtis Mayfield -- Gay J. McDougall -- Frank Mercado-Valdes -- Laura W. Murphy -- Antonio Agostinho Neto -- Annetta Nunn -- Quattara -- Robert Parish -- Lenrie Peters -- Margaret and Matilda Roumania Peters -- Willa B. Player -- John Shippen -- Alice Walker -- J. Ernest Wilkins Jr. -- Tyrone Willingham -- CeCe Winans -- George C. Wolfe -- Lewin Wright. |
| Summary |
Biographical profiles of important and influential persons of African heritage who form the international black community. Covers persons of various nationalities in a wide variety of fields providing coverage of names found in today's headlines as well as selected individuals from earlier in this century whose influence continues to have an impact on contemporary life. |
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Alexander, Khandi.
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Baker, Dusty, 1949-
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Barrett, Lindsay, 1941-
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Blake, James, 1979-
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Blanchard, Terence.
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Bonds, Bobby.
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Brooks, Derrick.
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Brown, Janice Rogers, 1949-
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Butler, Octavia E.
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Campbell, Mary Schmidt.
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Cragill, Victoria A.
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Catchings, Tamika.
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Cheney-Coker, Syl, 1945-
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Cole, Johnnetta B.
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Diddy, 1969-
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Cafritz, Peggy Cooper, 1947-
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Cortez, Jayne.
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Corthron, Kia.
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Davis Benjamin O. (Benjamin Oliver), 1912-2002.
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Santos, Jose Eduardo dos, 1942-
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Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills)
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Edwards, Esther Gordy.
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Farmer-Paellmann, Deadria.
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Fuller, A. Oveta.
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Gbagbo, Laurent, 1945-
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Gibson, Althea, 1927-2003.
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Grier, Mike.
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Griffin, Bessie Blout.
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Haywood, Gar Anthony.
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Hunter, Torii K. (Torii Kedar), 1975-
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Jakes, T. D.
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Jones, Edward P.
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Kee, John P.
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Kobia, Samuel.
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Lampley, Oni Faida.
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Liggins, Alfred, III.
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Maathai, Wangari.
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Mabuza-Suttle, Felicia.
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Martin, Darnell.
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Mayfield, Curtis.
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McDougall, Gay J.
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Mercado-Valdes, Frank.
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Murphy, Laura W.
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Agostinho Neto, Antonio, 1922-
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Nunn, Annetta.
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Ouattara.
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Parish, Robert, 1953-
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Peters Lenrie, 1932-
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Peters, Margaret.
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Peters, Matilda Roumania.
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Player, Willa B.
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Shippen, John.
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Walker, Alice, 1944.
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Wilkins, Jesse Ernest, 1923-
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Willingham, Tyrone.
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Winans, CeCe.
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Wolfe, George C.
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Wright, Lewin.
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African Americans -- Biography.
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Blacks -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Zerbonia, Ralph G., editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Contemporary Black biography, Volume 43. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Inc., c2004 9780787667313 |
| ISBN |
9780787693251 (electronic book) |
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0787693251 (electronic book) |
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9780787667313 |
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0787667315 |
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